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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2019

Learning How to Make Friends for Chinese Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Hong Kong Chinese Version of the PEERS® Intervention.

Kathy Kar-Man Shum, Wai Kwan Cho, Lourdes Mei Oi Lam, Elizabeth A Laugeson, Wai Shan Wong, Louisa S K Law

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07207213 (Italian Adaptation and Validation of the In-person UCLA-PEERS® Model for Adolescents With Autistic Spectrum Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07207213 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Italian Adaptation and Validation of the In-person UCLA-PEERS® Model for Adolescents With Autistic Spectrum Disorder

TypeinterventionalSponsorIRCCS Fondazione Stella MarisRan2026 to 2027Enrolled36ConditionsAutism Spectrum DisorderArmsPEERS, Control
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  11. Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERSJournal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025
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  18. Adaptation and Feasibility of the Mandarin Version of PEERSJournal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kathy Kar-Man ShumDepartment of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China. kkmshum@hku.hk.
Wai Kwan ChoSAHK, 17/F, 21 Pak Fuk Road, North Point, Hong Kong, China.
Lourdes Mei Oi LamSAHK, 17/F, 21 Pak Fuk Road, North Point, Hong Kong, China.
Elizabeth A LaugesonSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, 760 Westwood Plaza, Ste. 48-243B, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA.
Wai Shan WongSAHK, 17/F, 21 Pak Fuk Road, North Point, Hong Kong, China.
Louisa S K LawSAHK, 17/F, 21 Pak Fuk Road, North Point, Hong Kong, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examined the treatment efficacy of PEERS® (Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills) among Chinese adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Hong Kong. The original PEERS® manual was translated into Chinese, and cultural adjustments were made according to a survey among 209 local adolescents in the general population. 72 high-functioning adolescents with ASD were randomly assigned to a treatment or waitlist control group. The 14-week parent-assisted training significantly improved social skills knowledge and social functioning, and also reduced autistic mannerisms. Treatment outcomes were maintained for 3 months after training and replicated in the control group after delayed treatment. The present study represents one of the few randomized controlled trials on PEERS® conducted outside North America.

Indexed as

Social SkillsTranslatingAdolescentAutism Spectrum DisorderChildFemaleFriendsHong KongHumansLearningMaleSocial AdjustmentSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeAdolescentsAutismChineseInterventionPEERSSocial skills

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PMID30143950

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